The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended collation of results for the governorship election conducted in Edo State on Saturday.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC suspended collation of the results after collation officers from 16 local government areas presented their results at the State Collation Centre in Benin on Sunday.
So far, INEC has collated results from Igueben, Esan West, Owan West, Uhunmwonde, Ovia North East and Esan South East local government areas.
Others are Egor, Akoko Edo, Esan Central, Esan North East, Ovia South West, Orhionmwon, Owan East, Etsako East, Etsako Central and Etsako West local government areas.
TNG reports collation of the Edo governorship election results will resume at 5:00 pm later today, according to INEC.
Edo guber: Security beefed up at INEC office
Meanwhile, there is a heavy presence of security operatives on Sunday at the Edo office of INEC as collation of results for the Saturday governorship election commenced.
Roadblocks were mounted 500 metres away in all the roads leading to office by the men of the Nigerian Army. The routes leading to the office were closed to vehicular movement just as only accredited individuals were allowed access to the place.
The individuals were subjected to thorough screenings by men of the Nigerian Police as well as the military operatives at the venue.
Edo election: APC, PDP supporters jubilating ahead of final result
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have, meanwhile, occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the winner of the Edo governorship election is yet to be announced.
The two political parties are frontline in the off-cycle election held in the State on Saturday with 17 candidates jostling for the top job. Supporters of the parties faced each other, chanting different triumphant songs to indicate their victory at the poll.
Operatives of the joint security agencies including the police and the military had a herculean task maintaining law and order between the groups. Ramat Park is about 700 metres from the INEC office in Benin. The APC supporters who converged at the centre of the park set-up electronic gadgets and danced to the reeling music.